香港法例/HK1906 財產繼承(供養遺屬及受養人)條例

" (b) such other organizations, or bodies,"

as appear to the Commission to be appropriate.

" (4) If the Commission determines to proceed with a code of practice published under subsection (2), it shall cause the code to be-"

(a) published in the Gazette; and

(b) laid on the table of the Legislative Council at the next sitting after its publication in the Gazette.

(6) If the period referred to in subsection (5) would but for this subsection expire-

(a) after the end of a session of the Legislative Council or a dissolution thereof; but

" (b) on or before the day of the second sitting of the Legislative Council in the next following session thereof,"

that period shall be deemed to extend to and expire on the day after that second sitting.

(8) A resolution passed by the Legislative Council in accordance with this section shall be published in the Gazette not later than 14 days after the passing thereof or within such further period as the Governor may allow in any particular case.

" (b) in the case where the Legislative Council passes a resolution amending the code of practice, upon the expiration of the day next preceding the day of the publication in the Gazette of such resolution under subsection (8)."

(10) A code of practice issued under this section may contain such transitional provisions or savings as appear to the Commission to be necessary or expedient in connection with the matters the subject of the code.

" (13) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), a code of practice issued under this section, in so far as it relates to the elimination of discrimination between men and women as regards terms of employment, may-"

(a) make reference to any of the provisions of any enactment (howsoever described) of any place outside Hong Kong where such enactment relates (whether in whole or in part) to the elimination of such discrimination;

" as the Commission thinks fit and subject to such modifications, if any, to those provisions as the Commission thinks fit and specified in the code."

" (15) In this section, ""sitting"" (會議), when used to calculate time, means the day on which the sitting commences and only includes a sitting at which subsidiary legislation is included on the order paper."

(1) The Commission shall not embark on a formal investigation unless the requirements of this section have been complied with.

" (2) Terms of reference for the formal investigation shall be drawn up by the Commission or, if the Commission was required by the Chief Secretary to conduct the investigation, by the Chief Secretary after consulting the Commission."

(a) inform that person of its belief and of its proposal to investigate the act; and

" (ii) by some other person of his choice, not being a person to whom the Commission objects on the ground that he is unsuitable."

" (1) For the purposes of a formal investigation the Commission, by a notice in the prescribed form served on him in the prescribed manner-"

" (a) may require any person to furnish such written information as may be described in the notice, and may specify the time at which, and the manner and form in which, the information is to be furnished;"

" (b) may require any person to attend at such time and place as is specified in the notice and give oral information about, and produce all documents in his possession or control relating to, any matter specified in the notice."

(a) service of the notice was authorized in writing by or on behalf of the Chief Secretary; or